Illinois Tool Works
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Richton Park, Illinois, United States of America · Senior
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$6,891 more — $106,891 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $106,891 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Industrial Engineers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Industrial Engineers (17-2112) · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- Deep market knowledge and strong manufacturing process capabilities allow ITW's automotive businesses to be nimble, niche problem solvers for their sophisticated customers.
Responsibilities
- define and implement adjustments to meet customer demand, improve utilization, reduce bottlenecks, and support launch and production requirements.
- Lead new product design manufacturability reviews to ensure ease of manufacturability, assembly feasibility, packaging feasibility, process capability, safety, serviceability, and efficient production flow.
- Own launch packaging strategy for assigned programs, including expendable and returnable packaging design, customer requirement compliance, packaging validation/testing, supplier coordination, documentation, and production readiness.
- Maintain and govern customer packaging requirements, ensuring plant packaging standards, customer specifications, quality expectations, shipping requirements, ergonomics, and operational needs are met.
- Support operations and supply chain in determining packaging fleet size and ordering requirements for production needs, including returnable loop calculations, expendable consumption, ramp-up plans, and contingency planning.
- Maintain and validate customer capacity portals and customer-facing capacity documentation, ensuring alignment between customer demand, quoted capacity, equipment capability, plant layout, and actual production performance.
- Drive 6S cell layout improvements and safe work area standards across the plant, including material presentation, traffic flow, ergonomic design, visual controls, and workstation organization.
- Develop capital requirements and justifications for equipment, tooling, packaging, layout, automation, safety, capacity, and productivity projects
- coordinate implementation and post-launch validation. Mentor Manufacturing Engineer I and II team members, technicians, and production support personnel
- provide technical guidance, training recommendations, and project prioritization support.
Requirements
- 6+ years related manufacturing engineering experience required.
- Strong experience in plastic injection molding required
Nice to have
- COMPANY DESCRIPTION Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (NYSE: ITW) is a Fortune 200 global industrial company centered in a differentiated business model.
- The company's seven business segments leverage the 80/20 business model to generate solid growth, best-in-class margins and favorable returns in markets where innovative, customer-focused solutions are required.
- ITW's automotive businesses have a high level of customer intimacy, enabling customer-back innovation to address complex needs such as vehicle efficiency, safety, and quality.
- Our products are made up of housings and doors, innovative Capless solutions and charge ports for major OEMs around the world.
- SUMMARY Serves as the senior manufacturing engineering technical leader for plastic injection molding and light assembly operations.
- Define WIP strategy and requirements across the plant by evaluating customer demand, cycle times, changeovers, packaging quantities, kanban or supermarket needs, storage constraints, and production stability.
- coordinate implementation and post-launch validation.
- Other duties as assigned.
Compensation
- COMPETENCIES Advanced technical and analytical skills Plant layout and capacity planning leadership Injection molding, assembly, packaging, and automation expertise Complex problem solving and root cause leadership Capital project developme
Benefits
- Our seven industry-leading business segments offer career development and learning opportunities in more than 50 countries across the globe.
Company info
- In addition to ITW's industry-leading research and development capabilities, ITW Smart Components enhances our customers' competitive advantage.
- At ITW, we think and act like entrepreneurs.
Equal opportunity
- 100,000 - 120,000 ITW is an equal opportunity employer.
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